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Derek Jeter, Jeb Bush Headline Potential Marlins Bidding Groups

By Jeff Todd | April 5, 2017 at 5:34pm CDT

Yankees legend Derek Jeter and former Florida governor Jeb Bush are both working to put together bidding groups to make a run at buying the Marlins, according to a report from Charlie Gasparino and Brian Schwartz of FOX Business. There is at least one other rival bidding group, per the report.

Jeter has already launched the popular Player’s Tribune website since hanging up his spikes, but could now seemingly embark upon another major business undertaking in advance of his likely Hall-of-Fame enshrinement in 2019. The former shortstop is said to be working with an investment banker who was previously affiliated with Morgan Stanley, though it’s not clear whether that firm is involved.

Meanwhile, Bush has lined up with Citigroup to weigh a proposal to take over the team from Jeffrey Loria, who is reportedly preparing to cash in on the organization at some point in the near future. And there’s a third known group as well; though it has no known headlining names, it’s said to have the backing of financial powerhouse Goldman Sachs.

Loria bought the team back in 2002 at a $158MM price tag. This time around, it figures to be worth quite a bit more, with some reports pegging the likely open-market value in the range of $1.4B to $1.7B. Whether or not it actually lands in that range remains to be seen, but Loria is positioned to cash in on both the publicly financed Marlins Park and the success of MLB Advanced Media — an entity that is co-owned by all thirty teams and has expanded its portfolio beyond the baseball realm.

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  1. SamFuldsFive

    8 years ago

    Its crazy how cheap he bought them for to begin with.

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    • mike156

      8 years ago

      It was a Bud Selig thing. He wanted baseball out of Montreal, and he wanted Jack Henry (part owner of Marlins at the time) to buy the Red Sox for less than some other offers, Selig had MLB buy the Expos from Loria, and then lent league money to Loria at no interest so he could close the Marlins deal.
      Not bad, huh?

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      • jd396

        8 years ago

        The Henry-Werner-Loria-Selig cabal… they’re all a bunch of snakes.

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  2. Connorsoxfan

    8 years ago

    Does Jeb actually have any cash or is he just the guy that the people with the money decided to put forward? I’m not familiar with him outside of his presidential run and governor experience. Obviously, he’s a Bush, but that doesn’t mean he has over 1 billion dollars lying around.

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  3. SF_Giants

    8 years ago

    Haha. So Mr. “Low Energy” (Jeb Bush) wants to buy the Marlins? Does that mean his political career is over? Sounds like it to me.

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    • Deke

      8 years ago

      Didn’t Romney buy into NYY? Or was going to? It’s gotta be a new backup plan thing. I have a friend who knows someone who’s hairdressers neighbors dog said that Hillary was gonna buy SF. With that chain of information you know it’s gotta be true.

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    • JKurk22

      8 years ago

      George W. Bush owned the Texas Rangers before becoming president

      Reply
  4. jd396

    8 years ago

    It’s threads like this going political that make people pray for a massive meteor strike

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    • Connorsoxfan

      8 years ago

      Oh geez they deleted that part. Did someone go on a massive tirade or did they just not approve of the talk in general?

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      • ChiSoxCity

        8 years ago

        Either allow opposing views on Trump or none at all. Stop the hypocrisy.

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        • Jeff Todd

          8 years ago

          Huh? What hypocrisy? I deleted the entire discussion of Trump.

          Reply
        • reflect

          8 years ago

          This website is fake news. Sad!

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      • Jeff Todd

        8 years ago

        It’s one thing if there’s relevant, level-headed discussion. But debating the idea of Trump owning a MLB team seems unnecessary. And making judgment calls on every comment in said discussion would be foolish to undertake.

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        • ChiSoxCity

          8 years ago

          Agreed, didn’t notice the deletion. My apologies.

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        • Connorsoxfan

          8 years ago

          Sure yeah. I agree. I just didn’t know if someone went off the rails and started saying things that I wouldn’t repeat or if you just didn’t approve of it. I agree, the discussion was definitely not necessary.

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  5. LA91744

    8 years ago

    The same Selig that moved Milwaukee to the NL then made a mess with the Houston Astros

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    • GareBear

      8 years ago

      ‘Stros are probably thrilled they aren’t in the Cubs division anymore. Can’t say the same for the Crew.

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  6. rycm131

    8 years ago

    My Uncle made the same #2 sign out of beard hair.

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  7. jimmyz

    8 years ago

    His brother did become President after owning an MLB team, so…

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  8. reflect

    8 years ago

    At first I thought it was saying Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter were working together on a single cooperative bid. Man would that be weird.

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  9. philly435

    8 years ago

    Jeb!

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  10. VermontsFinest

    8 years ago

    I wonder if the A-Rod/J-Lo meeting in New York the other day was part of the “third party”. It would make sense with how much money they have and the fact they both live part of the year in Miami….

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    • reflect

      8 years ago

      But then what happens when they breakup in a few months, like the last 50 relationships J-Lo had?

      Reply
  11. Bk12

    8 years ago

    They should join as one Jeb/Jeter 2020!

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